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Adam Cooper

Adam Cooper delivered robust backend and infrastructure improvements across the ministryofjustice/opg-use-an-lpa repository, focusing on authentication, API modernization, and deployment reliability. He refactored authentication flows using PHP and JavaScript, introduced middleware-based request handling, and enhanced CI/CD pipelines with Docker and GitHub Actions. Adam implemented static analysis, improved test coverage, and upgraded dependencies to ensure maintainability and security. His work included developing mock services, refining data models, and strengthening session management, which reduced risk and improved developer experience. By addressing both feature delivery and technical debt, Adam demonstrated depth in backend development, configuration management, and continuous integration practices.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

80%Features

Repository Contributions

98Total
Bugs
9
Commits
98
Features
36
Lines of code
81,596
Activity Months9

Work History

March 2026

2 Commits • 1 Features

Mar 1, 2026

In March 2026, delivered stabilization of Docker PHP dependencies for ministryofjustice/opg-use-an-lpa. Key feature delivered: Docker PHP Dependency Management Stabilization. Changes included reverting problematic PHP version changes and introducing a separate packagerules path to isolate PHP updates in the Docker environment. These changes reduce deployment risk, improve compatibility, and enable targeted future PHP updates.

February 2026

23 Commits • 7 Features

Feb 1, 2026

February 2026 monthly summary for ministry of justice OPG platform focusing on business value and technical achievements across three repositories. Delivered major features, improved reliability, and upgraded infrastructure; demonstrated strong security and privacy improvements, optimized deployment and testing practices.

January 2026

13 Commits • 4 Features

Jan 1, 2026

January 2026 monthly summary focusing on business value and technical achievements across two repositories. Delivered user-facing enhancements for LPA forms, strengthened CI/CD and security, and improved observability and data integrity. The work reduced release risk, accelerated feedback cycles, and improved maintainability and compliance.

December 2025

7 Commits • 4 Features

Dec 1, 2025

December 2025 monthly summary focusing on delivering concrete business value through environment/ testing improvements, feature delivery, and code quality modernization across two repositories. The work emphasizes stability, faster local development, and robust data handling, with measurable impact on testing reliability and maintainability.

November 2025

10 Commits • 7 Features

Nov 1, 2025

Month 2025-11: Delivered cross-repo improvements across opg-use-an-lpa, opg-data-lpa-codes, and opg-data-lpa-instructions-preferences that advance data quality, testing rigor, deployment controls, and dependency stability. Key features and fixes included MLPA donor data model refinements, a Pact contract testing workflow, API gateway path prefixing, expanded testing fixtures, PVC expiry capability, and Welsh content updates. Also reduced technical debt by removing unused dependencies and aligning image processing dependencies.

October 2025

9 Commits • 3 Features

Oct 1, 2025

October 2025: Delivered critical features across four MOJ repositories, along with reliability and security fixes that reduce risk and enable more robust end-to-end validation and testing. Key initiatives include PVC validation with a local mock service and OpenAPI spec, embedding external images in PDFs via data URLs, API data minimization for PVC endpoints, and strengthened session security with improved cookie handling on encryption failures. These changes enhance data integrity, security, and maintainability while clarifying data models for downstream systems.

September 2025

16 Commits • 1 Features

Sep 1, 2025

September 2025 monthly summary focused on stability, reproducibility, and streamlined release processes across three repositories. Key outcomes include reliable CI/CD pipelines, deterministic builds, and clearer versioning and naming practices, all contributing to faster and safer software delivery.

August 2025

6 Commits • 1 Features

Aug 1, 2025

August 2025 monthly summary for ministryofjustice/opg-use-an-lpa: Focused on strengthening authentication, account management, and security posture. Delivered a major authentication and account management refactor that removes redundant routes/handlers, streamlines user creation, and improves tests and health check configuration. Implemented security hardening to address CVE-2025-47907, including base image updates, rewriting the Lambda container, and a backward-compatible upgrade of session encryption to Halite/BlockCipher; removed deprecated crypto and updated dependencies. Also completed Service-front dependency updates and health-check enhancements. These changes reduce risk, improve stability and maintainability, and enable faster, safer delivery of features in the future.

July 2025

12 Commits • 8 Features

Jul 1, 2025

July 2025: Architectural modernization and quality improvements across two repositories, focusing on middleware-driven request handling, handler-based health checks, CI reliability, and testing infrastructure. Delivered a PHP 8.3 upgrade, static analysis adoption, and enhanced mocks for robust testing, resulting in improved maintainability, reliability, and faster feedback for deployments.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness90.8%
Maintainability88.4%
Architecture87.6%
Performance86.2%
AI Usage23.6%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

CSSDockerfileGoHTMLJSONJavaScriptPHPPythonShellText

Technical Skills

API DesignAPI DevelopmentAPI IntegrationAPI MockingAPI TestingAPI developmentAPI integrationAPI testingAWSAWS DynamoDBAWS LambdaAWS integrationBackend DevelopmentBehatCI/CD

Repositories Contributed To

7 repos

Overview of all repositories you've contributed to across your timeline

ministryofjustice/opg-use-an-lpa

Jul 2025 Mar 2026
9 Months active

Languages Used

DockerfilePHPShellTypeScriptYAMLGoPythonTwig

Technical Skills

API IntegrationAPI MockingBackend DevelopmentCI/CDComposerData Layer Abstraction

ministryofjustice/opg-data-lpa

Sep 2025 Sep 2025
1 Month active

Languages Used

TextYAML

Technical Skills

CI/CDDependency ManagementGitHub ActionsWorkflow Management

ministryofjustice/opg-lpa

Jul 2025 Oct 2025
2 Months active

Languages Used

PHPYAML

Technical Skills

API DevelopmentBackend DevelopmentCI/CDCode RefactoringConfiguration ManagementGitHub Actions

ministryofjustice/opg-data-lpa-instructions-preferences

Sep 2025 Feb 2026
3 Months active

Languages Used

DockerfilePythonYAMLbash

Technical Skills

ContainerizationDevOpsAWS integrationPythonPython developmentdependency management

ministryofjustice/opg-data-lpa-codes

Oct 2025 Feb 2026
4 Months active

Languages Used

PythonYAMLGo

Technical Skills

API DesignAPI DevelopmentAWS LambdaBackend DevelopmentDynamoDBOpenAPI

ministryofjustice/opg-modernising-lpa

Jan 2026 Jan 2026
1 Month active

Languages Used

Go

Technical Skills

Goback end developmentbackend developmenttesting

ministryofjustice/opg-pdf-service

Oct 2025 Oct 2025
1 Month active

Languages Used

DockerfileJavaScriptYAML

Technical Skills

API IntegrationBackend DevelopmentDockerNode.jsPDF Generation